# Gem vs NeverApply (slim)

> NeverApply scores 55.5 (C) to Gem's 29.3 (F) for recruiting applications. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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NeverApply scores 55.5 (C) on agent readiness against Gem's 29.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Gem leads on transparency & trust. Both do recruiting applications.

- Gem: F 29.3, rank #1429 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gem.min.md
- NeverApply: C 55.5, rank #870 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/neverapply.min.md
- Gem, good for Teams already on Gem ATS or Gem CRM that want an agent to work with candidates, jobs and applications, or to query hiring data through MCP as a signed-in user. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 64 against 57.
- NeverApply, good for Agents helping one job seeker search jobs, explain matches, tailor resumes and send applications the person approves one by one, on that person's own NeverApply account. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 57 against 14; Agent ergonomics, 66 against 0; Security & auth, 66 against 48; Payments & pricing, 45 against 15; Maintenance & community, 50 against 18. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Gem | NeverApply |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 48 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 14 | 57 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 48 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 15 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 18 | 50 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 57 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Gem | NeverApply |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |
| Vendor | Gem Software, Inc. | Kasovy LLC |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.gem.com` | `https://neverapply.co/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Price for recruiting applications | not published | $0.19 per transaction |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Gem's Software Service Agreement | Proprietary hosted service under Kasovy LLC's terms (last updated 18 October 2026, Wyoming law). The public plugin repository of manifests, skills and an icon is MIT, copyright Kasovy LLC |
| Tools exposed | none | 15 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `co.neverapply/neverapply` |
| Last release | 2026-08-04 | 2026-10-31 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-03-07 | not read yet |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-08-26 | not read yet |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not read yet |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not read yet |

Why the edge:
- Agent ergonomics, NeverApply +66: Gem 0 (Nothing is readable.); NeverApply 66 (MCP reading.)
- Schema & documentation, NeverApply +43: Gem 14 (No contract could be read.); NeverApply 57 (MCP reading, with the Jobs API described.)
- Maintenance & community, NeverApply +32: Gem 18 (The last API or MCP change with an exact date is the MCP launch on 4 August 2026, 92 days before 4 November; the monthly product notes carry no day, and the Oct…); NeverApply 50 (Closed service.)
- Payments & pricing, NeverApply +30: Gem 15 (No x402, MPP or L402 (0).); NeverApply 45 (No x402, MPP or L402 on the pricing page, llms.txt, auth.md or the MCP page; plans are Stripe subscriptions and the terms say MCP tools perform no financial tra…)
- Security & auth, NeverApply +18: Gem 48 (A team API key that an admin creates and names in Team Settings, per the help centre; how it is sent came from the struck reference.); NeverApply 66 (OAuth 2.1 for the MCP server, public clients with PKCE S256, client ID metadata documents or dynamic registration, a `resource` parameter, refresh tokens and th…)
- Transparency & trust, Gem +7: Gem 64 (Closed service with a published service agreement, last modified 7 March 2025, that includes AI terms (15).); NeverApply 57 (Closed hosted service under terms (last updated 18 October 2026) naming Kasovy LLC, registered in Wyoming, with Wyoming law and a liability cap of 12 months' fe…)